2024-2025 Fellows Program

(Applications are Now Closed)

The Emotion and Society Lab’s Graduate Fellows Program invites applications from graduate students in philosophy PH.D programs who are writing qualifying papers or dissertations on emotions, broadly construed. We welcome applications from students from different philosophical traditions. This nine-month virtual program begins in late June 2024.

Overview

The program aims to provide writing and professional support to young scholars working on emotions through private professional workshops and a monthly works-in-progress series. Fellows are expected to participate in all sessions related to the fellows program. They are also expected to attend other virtual events organized by the Lab.

Eligibility

Students should be:

1) Enrolled in a US doctoral program in philosophy

2) Finished satisfying coursework requirements

3) Currently working on their qualifying papers or dissertations

4) Available to attend all required sessions during the 2024-25 school year apart from September and January.

Awards

Students will receive a stipend of $1,000 after the successful completion of the program.

How to Apply

Please submit the following documents to eslabfellowsprogram@gmail.com:

Curriculum Vitae

Research Statement (1 page)

Statement of Interest (500 words max)

Applications are due May 29, 2024, by 11:59PM

Contact

The program is organized by Myisha Cherry (UC Riverside) and Francisco Gallegos (Wake Forest).

Should you have any questions, please contact: eslabfellowsprogram@gmail.com

For more information, visit: www.emotionandsociety.com

Alumni

  • Abdul Ansari (U.Michigan)

    “Fragility of Love”
    Respondents: Quinn White & Olivia Bailey

  • Katelyn Antilla (UC Berkeley)

    “For the Love of Hate”
    Comments: Caleb Ward & Myisha Cherry

  • Soofia Lateef (UC Riverside)

    “Basal Pessimism”
    Comments by: Laura Silva

  • Jonathan Baker (UC Riverside)

    “Cooperation and the Egalitarian Ethos”
    Comments by: Elizabeth Anderson & Ryan Preston-Roedder”

  • Jes Heppler (UC Davis)

    “Gut Feelings”
    Comments by: Rachel Achs
    & John Bengson

  • Logan Scott (UNC Chapel Hill)

    “Mindfulness and Emotions”
    Comments by: Nic Bommarito
    & Myisha Cherry

  • Osup Kwon (UC Riverside)

    “How anger protects and restores epistemic competencies”
    Comments by: Alice MacLachlan
    & Lidal Dror

Professional Development Workshops

Rob Tempio (Princeton University Press)
on Book Publishing

Kathryn Norlock (TrentU) on Writing